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[-] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 77 points 8 months ago

You're assuming these people believe we even send things to space. I had a serious ass conversation recently with my father's roommate. Typical conspiracy theorist ding dong. Full on flat earther and everything. I asked him how he thinks GPS works if the earth was flat. He admitted he didn't know but then when I started to explain how it works by pinging satellites we put up in space he cut me off and said space isn't real. Like legitimately thinks space isn't real. He on a separate occasion also complained that we didn't need to wear masks during covid because we apparently make our own viruses in our bodies and viruses don't spread between people.

These people don't even understand how logic works. Let alone that people could be smarter than they are.

[-] Hasuris@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 months ago

There's always been crazy and stupid people. And then we gave them the internet to connect and to have a voice. Now they feed of each other's crazynies and believe they run the world.

Only way to fight this is education. Give people the ability to see through crazy. You're not born with common sense. It's taught and learned.

[-] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Not a solution but it is fun to put a flat-earther with a hollow-earther and say Earth is a ball. Then you grab some popcorn.

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